London Marathon 2011.....Ive got in :-)

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Hana.D Sep 2010 11:13pm, 30 Sep 2010 First-time poster!!	0 Hana.D I found out today i have a ballot place in the London Marathon. I have never run seriously before and now i know i am in and its real it makes me feel sick the thought of having to do it haha (very exctied too though!) Any tips/advice would be greatly received as i have only ever run aprrox. 10 miles in previous training.
Grid Sep 2010 11:18pm, 30 Sep 2010 1,303 posts	0 Grid Welcome to Fetch and congratulations on getting a place in the ballot The good news is you've plenty of time (198 days, to be precise) before the big day - but it'll be my first marathon too, so not best placed to give advice. You're in the right place, though...
Max71 Sep 2010 11:19pm, 30 Sep 2010 26,162 posts	0 Max71 Welcome to Fetch Congratulations My tip is: have a cracking day and run the same was as everyone else. See you in the pub afterwards
Grid Sep 2010 11:20pm, 30 Sep 2010 1,304 posts	0 Grid That does sound like some pretty sound advice
barking Sep 2010 11:20pm, 30 Sep 2010 6,626 posts	0 barking Most important Have a great day out
ogee Sep 2010 11:21pm, 30 Sep 2010 12,546 posts	0 ogee Welcome to fetch First things first, don't panic. Loads of time to train. Find one of the appropriate threads for the time you want & ask them all the questions you want or nip over to the 100 marathon challenge thread & ask them, they've done a few between them.
barking Sep 2010 11:21pm, 30 Sep 2010 6,627 posts	0 barking Oh and if youhave run 10m before, you are well on the way... Bit of training, few long runs you will be fine!
barking Sep 2010 11:22pm, 30 Sep 2010 6,628 posts	0 barking (I did it before, am doing it the year and it makes me feel a bit sick too, but also can't wait)
HappyG(rrr) Sep 2010 11:23pm, 30 Sep 2010 11,296 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Welcome Hana. Congrats and enjoy VLM (see you there!) There are quite a few good threads on here about "first training plans". Try to run at least 3 times a week, build your 1 longest run of week up slowly (say starting at 8 miles and adding 0.5 or 1 mile a week to it). Don't worry about speed until you do the 15 or 18 mile long run. And take it easy and if you have any sore bits, rest and recover. Hal Higdon website does beginner marathon plans, and lots of others too. Good luck and enjoy! :-)G
Stander Sep 2010 11:30pm, 30 Sep 2010 1,392 posts	0 Stander Can you lot in here keep the noisy celebratins down a bit? You're upsetting the rest that didn't get in.